Editing Swords, Dublin (section)

=== Townlands and baronies ===
The civil parish of Swords mainly lies in the ancient [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Nethercross]].<ref group="N" name="Nethercross">{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/62|title=An Chrois Íochtarach/Nethercross|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610143402/http://www.logainm.ie/en/62|url-status=live}}</ref> Swords Demesne is the name of the [[townland]] in the heart of the urban town of Swords.<ref group="N" name="Swords Demesne">{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/17054.aspx|title=Diméin Shoird/Swords Demesne|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129124020/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/17054|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of 58 such geographic units in the civil parish. However, a single parcel of land, 5 acres in extent, is situated in the barony of [[Coolock (barony)|Coolock]]<ref group="N" name="Glebe">{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/16962.aspx|title=An Ghléib/Glebe|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129123934/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/16962|url-status=live}}</ref> as an [[exclave]] of the civil parish proper.

There are 10 townlands in the [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]] of Swords, which is not coterminous with the civil parish.